This year’s Winter Olympics inspired podcast listener Steven Bingham to write in the following topic request: “If I could suggest a future podcast topic, it would be “performance psychology” with a bassist or other musician who also is a subject matter expert, for example, a university teacher or researcher. Watching the Winter Olympics reminds me… Continue reading 463: The Mental Game
Category: Highlights from past podcasts
382: standing vs. sitting – the double bassist’s dilemma
This episode takes a look at the benefits and drawbacks to seated and standing approaches to playing the double bass. Part 1 – sitting Part 2 – standing Part 3 – transitioning from sitting to standing We feature highlights from past podcast guests: Dr. Randy Kertz – specialist in musician’s health Max Dimoff – Cleveland Orchestra principal bass and University of Michigan faculty Alex… Continue reading 382: standing vs. sitting – the double bassist’s dilemma
381: developing bow strokes
This episode is a deep-dive into developing bow strokes on the double bass. Part 1 – bow stroke overview Part 2 – developing spiccato Part 3 – bow stroke deep-dive We feature highlights from past podcast guests on this topic: Matthew McDonald – Berlin Philharmonic Lloyd Goldstein – former member of the Florida Orchestra and a longtime Francois Rabbath student David Allen Moore – LA… Continue reading 381: developing bow strokes
358: Orchestra and Opera Excerpts
This is a “best of” episode from three classic Contrabass Conversations episodes. Back in the early days of the podcast, John Grillo and I recorded two episodes that dissected various excerpts. He and I talked through each excerpt and then played a recording of John performing it. These have been extremely popular resources over the… Continue reading 358: Orchestra and Opera Excerpts
345: jazz legends on the business of music
This episode features highlights from past jazz bassist guests discussing the business of music. Follow along with all of our jazz content at contrabassconversations.com/jazz.